Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

59 reviews

tinybluepixel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

alexpaperandpages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book… this series emotionally wrecked me. I was worried it wouldn’t live up to the hype. I had heard that this book wasn’t as good as the others in the series but this book was still amazing. I’m reeling from the shock of the ending. I finally got the character development from Rin that I was looking for and now it’s over.

This is the second book series that has ever given me a book hangover. 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Genocide, War, Xenophobia, Suicide, Pedophilia, Murder, Death, Colonisation, Child abuse, Vomit, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Racism, Drug use, Child death, Addiction, and Abandonment

arwyn_d_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

pain


pain



pain




pain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, War, Body horror, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

What a fucking rollercoaster. My god.. the betrayals, the slow descent into madness, the unreliable narrator... perfect. Just, wow. This is exactly how I wanted this to end. A giant crash and burn, everything going so wrong yet so right, everyone going back exactly to where they started out, but with everyone more hurt and traumatised that before. It hurts to read, but you can't stop cause it's just so good. You can't look away from the carcrash. What a fantastic finale. My heart couldn't bear it. I feel so bad for all the characters who deserve better, but didn't get it cause Rin was too blindsighted by her rage, cause of the flaws in the system, cause people are hellbent on hurting each other, cause, cause, cause. How fucking amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Suicide, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, War, and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent and Confinement

lollyr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

The weakest book in a fantastic series. Still a great book with great strong characters and interesting world.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Grief, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, War, Colonisation, Racism, Rape, and Confinement

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Self harm, Murder, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Violence, Confinement, Death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug use, Medical trauma, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Vomit, Trafficking, Abortion, Animal cruelty, and Addiction

padme's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Grief, Child abuse, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Cursing, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Addiction, and Animal cruelty

middumullu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

still really enjoyed it but i think by this point i had gotten a bit tired of all of the same circles that have been happening over the past few books. still really enjoyed the characters

but i missed them all being together all the time,

and i felt like some of the newer characters were a lot less fleshed out. i think i liked the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Self harm, Death, Medical content, Sexism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, War, Xenophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Violence, Colonisation, Cursing, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cannibalism, Torture, Ableism, and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

again there was so much goin on in here that it is hard to remember in totality if something should be graphic/moderate/mild. for instance - there isn't as much medical content/trauma in this book as there were in others but it was mentioned several times and (to me) clearly informs character's actions (as do many of these tags). theres a scene where the characters visit a town that has been taken over by the west/Hesperians .

doodeedoda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, Child death, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Addiction, Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Suicide, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Genocide, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

abbeyvdv's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I was really hoping for something special from the conclusion of this trilogy but I was just so let down. It felt like a rehash of the first two books with things getting even darker just for the sake of it.
Rin goes from a complex antihero to a straight up unsympathetic villain and has no real character development in the end.
Like the first two it was an engaging read and I did tear through it pretty quickly, mostly in anticipation of the ending - which brings me to the thing I disliked most about this book. I found the ending a complete cop out and incredibly unsatisfying both from a character and plot standpoint. I wish this trilogy was better than it was :((

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Suicide, Genocide, Racism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Drug abuse, and Rape